BLACK HISTORY
This order, issued in 1863, declared enslaved people in Confederate states free.
Emancipation Proclamation
The King of Pop.
Michael Jackson
Inventor of the light bulb filament.
Lewis Latimer
His 1955 lynching helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Till
The Marvel film featured Wakanda
Black Panther
Texas
The genre was born in the Bronx and turned 53 in 2026.
Hip-hop
Black inventor created the Super Soaker water gun?
Lonnie Johnson
"Father of Black History"
Carter G. Woodson
I created and starred in the TV series "Insecure.
Issa Rae
She sued for her freedom in 1781 and won.
Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett).
The Black Panther soundtrack was curated by which rapper.
Kendrick Lamar
Who invented the traffic light.
Garrett Morgan
I was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Shirley Chisholm
I portrayed Muhammad Ali in the film "Ali" and starred in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Will Smith
First African American woman to travel to space.
Mae Jemison.
American girl group of "No Scrubs" in 1999.
TLC
She created a hair empire and became the first self-made Black woman.
Madam C.J. Walker
I refused to move to the back of a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
I voiced Spider-Man in "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."
Shameik Moore
Who became the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.
Thurgood Marshall
Female hip hop artist that created hit single U.N.I.T.Y which addressed abuse towards women.
Queen Latifa
The pacemaker that saves lives was evolved and led by this man.
Otis Boykin
Won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Jesse Owens
I played the lead role in the movie "Get Out."
Daniel Kaluuya